Area of Interest:

Landscape, space and place, everyday, the Netherlands, history and memory, aesthetics, urban anthropology

Research & Activities:

Entered the program in 2001.

Education: Doctoraal (MA equivalent) Cultural Anthropology, Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands, 1997; BA Anthropology with a specialization in Archaeology, University of Florida, 1991.

Dissertation Research: My dissertation research contextualizes land preservation movements in the Netherlands, namely in the Randstad and Green Heart region, within a framework of historical, aesthetic, literary and socio-cultural analysis. Specifically, the research examines how the struggle to preserve and maintain particular landscapes relates to past and present perceptions, conceptions and experiences of everyday landscapes.

Keywords: landscape, space and place, everyday, the Netherlands, history and memory, aesthetics, urban anthropology

Publications and Major Papers:
2003   Blessing Muses: Imagining Landscape. FSP, Anthropology Department, University of North Carolina.

1998   "Zwart op Wit: Bieven uit Ghana." Cahier Periodiek voor Antropologisch Onderzoek 7(2):38-44

1997   Mind Over Matter: An Anthropological Study of the Built Environment. Doctoraal Scriptie, Anthropology Department, Universiteit Utrecht.